The assault after Nottingham Forest beat Sheffield to get a spot in the end of the season games was gotten on camera and one man has been captured. Timberland says the fan will be prohibited from matches for life after the assault.
Billy Sharp, skipper of Sheffield United, was left requiring lines after the “weak” assault on Tuesday night when Nottingham Forest beat his group on punishments at home.
A man was captured after the occurrence and requests were progressing, police said.
“A 31-year-elderly person has been captured on doubt of attack regarding this occurrence. He stays in guardianship and will be addressed by officials,” Nottinghamshire Police said.
Film shows an ally charging at Sharp, 36, on the pitch after Forest won 3-2 on punishments after the second of two legs left the sides at 3-3 on total.
Sharp was thumped to the ground and required lines after the assault, Sheffield manager Paul Heckingbottom said.
“It’s attack,” he said. “We’ve seen one of our players went after. He’s stirred up, dying, furious.
“Bill was staying out of other people’s affairs off the pitch, attempting to move our players away. He was walloped, it was apprehensive. He was thumped to the ground [and required] lines, he was stirred up.”
Posting on Twitter on Wednesday morning Sharp, who played for Forest borrowed in the 2012-13 season, said: “One thoughtless nitwit destroyed what was a staggering evening of football.”
“As an ex-Forest player I won’t let one slime ball ruin my regard for the Forest fans.
“Unimaginably pleased to be chief of this gathering of Sheffield United players, they did their absolute best and can hold their heads as high as possible. We will be back and go in the future. Gratitude for every one of your messages and backing after the occurrence.”
Nottingham Forest apologized to Sharp and said the fan would be restricted from the club forever.
“Nottingham Forest Football Club are horrified to discover that our previous player, Billy Sharp, was attacked leaving the pitch after this evening’s match at the City Ground,” it said.
“The club will work with the specialists to find the person all together they are considered to be responsible for their activities, which will incorporate a day to day existence restriction from Nottingham Forest.
“The club might likewise want to apologize to Billy actually and to Sheffield United Football Club.”
Previous Forest protector Michael Dawson, who was an intellectual for Sky Sports at the City Ground, depicted the episode as “a flat out shame.
He told Sky Sports: “An excessive number of individuals run on the pitch, we’ve spoken about Forest having an exceptional evening however Billy Sharp was remaining everything doing all good. Also, one idiotic fan runs on and does that has spoilt everything. I trust Sharp is OK.
“It happens consistently toward the finish of a season when one group has disillusionment and one group has euphoria, I stress for the resistance when fans run on. It just takes one circumstance for somebody to be truly stung.”
The episode eclipsed Forest’s success, which got them a play-off conclusive standoff against Huddersfield on 29 May at Wembley Stadium and the opportunity of a first class return interestingly starting around 1999.
